People who have never even been charged with a crime can have their life savings taken away. That’s civil asset forfeiture.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Robbed by Law Enforcement
Category: Civil Rights
Criminalizing Palestine Solidarity Activism in the UK
The British government has long tried to quell pro-Palestine activism, writes Yara Hawari. Recent maneuvers, however, mark a new era in state repression.
Sweeping Threat to Free Speech in UK
Journalists and civil-society staffers could be sentenced to life imprisonment for offences committed under a bill championed by Home Secretary Prit Patel, Richard Norton-Taylor reports.
Impending Roe v Wade Demise Spotlights Privacy Risk for Everyone
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Penetrating the Blue Wall
The fallout for police whistleblowers is at least as bad as for those elsewhere in government.
Mexico Rebukes Biden on Invite List to Americas Summit
Speaking from Havana on Sunday, López Obrador also vowed to continue pushing the U.S. to lift its 60-year embargo on Cuba.
41 Political Prisoners in Egypt Freed Ahead of Eid
The releases under the el-Sisi government come in a country that consistently features in the list of those with the highest number of political prisoners.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Crushing Dissent’ With George Galloway, Chris Hedges, Scott Ritter and Jill Stein
Join us as we examine the information warfare being waged to enforce a single narrative about the war in Ukraine. Watch the replay.
SCOTT RITTER: Twitter Wars—My Personal Experience in Twitter’s Ongoing Assault on Free Speech
At some point, the U.S. people, and those they elect to higher office need to bring Twitter in line with the ideals and values Americans collectively espouse when it comes to free speech and online identity protection.
More Reason to Dismantle UK Home Office
The policy by Priti Patel’s department of seizing the phones of refugees arriving in the country during most of 2020 was grossly unlawful and cruel, writes George Peretz.